IP and Green Growth
The role of IPRs in Global Challenges
IP Collegium Meeting
7 December 2020

Sanjaykumar Patel
Founder, Patent & Trademark Attorney
EXCELON IPsanjay@excelonip.com
www.excelonip.com

What is Green Technology?
• Environmental friendly or clean technology• Recycling• Environmental remediation• Alternative fuels• Cradle to Cradle• Green building• Green nano technology

WHY Green Technology?
• Globalization and urbanization• Limited resources of non renewable• Global climate change• Impact on environment

What TRIPS says?
• Article 7• "The protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights should
contribute to the promotion of technological innovation and to thetransfer and dissemination of technology, to the mutual advantage ofproducers and users of technological knowledge and in a mannerconducive to social and economic welfare, and to a balance of rights
and obligations."

How world is reacting?
• Offering special treatment or accelerated examination of GreenTechnology Innovation by Patent Office• Japan• USA• UK• Australia• Brazil• Canada• Israel• Republic of Korea

Indian Perspective

Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13705-019-0232-1#Sec2 published on 7 January 2020

Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13705-019-0232-1#Sec2 published on 7 January 2020

Source: https://mnre.gov.in/Source: https://mnre.gov.in/Support Measure & Incentives

• Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE)• A comprehensive policy framework on RD&D is in place to support
RD&D in new and renewable energy sector and market development.
• Financial Support• 100% to Government/non-profit research organizations/NGOs• 50% to industry.

• Reserve Bank of India has included renewable energy projects underpriority sector lending for which bank loan up to 15 cr (INR) for
renewable energy projects and for individual household loan limit is
10 lakh (INR)
Source: https://mnre.gov.in/img/documents/uploads/file_f-1597797108502.pdf

• Sustainable Finance Scheme• SIDBI has introduced a new scheme called the Sustainable Finance
Scheme for funding sustainable development projects that contributeenergy efficiency and cleaner production• (https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/government-schemes/sustainable-finance-scheme.html)• Government Incentives to IGBC-rated Green Building Projects• (https://igbc.in/igbc/redirectHtml.htm?redVal=showGovtIncentivesnosign)• Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre (JCERDC)
An initiative launched by US-India in 2009 for advancement of Clean
Energy and address global energy and environmental sustainability
challenges

What’s there for IP?

• As per National IP Policy• 2.18: Provide special incentives for creation of IPRs in green technologies andmanufacture of energy efficient equipment• No any supportive measure from IP Office till date specifically for• IPR generation,• Technology Transfer• Commercialization• Wait and Watch

Challenges• Economic development Vs Social development• Industrial lobbying• Government Policy• No any incentive from IPR perspective• Lack of RoI or uncertainty of successCase studies

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Sanjaykumar Patel
Founder, Patent & Trademark Attorney
EXCELON IP
sanjay@excelonip.com
www.excelonip.com